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What does bloodshed mean?

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Noun
  1. The shedding or spilling of blood.
  2. A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
  3. (obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
  4. (obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
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He criticised martial law but warned of bloodshed and civil war, counselling patience rather than defiance.
There won't be a single family in the country unaffected, there will be bloodshed, treachery, espionage, murder, pogroms and massacres.
Support for the so called resistance or newer anti-occupation forces will mean bloodshed on a much greater scale than there is at present.
But I couldn't begin to weigh the potential bloodshed against the potential benefits.
Pain and bloodshed flowed in its wake as the exiles returned to their homeworld.
Or will it deepen old wounds, increase sectarian tension and fuel more bloodshed?

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